Igor

Try to build Noble with EDGE 6.10.y kernel - I think all this already works. Legacy kernel, especially 5.10.y, is too broken in many aspects and will never be updated = waste of time.

OK, then its something else apparently. We'll keep an eye on it, but if Ubuntu based variant just works, use it. There are no Canonical services in it so its more similar to Debian then regular Ubuntu for desktops, just better as packages are a bit more recent, more polished.

Vendors kernels are frozen in time and maintained only at HW stack level, while the rest is "as is". Which is why we all want mainline ... which is even a lot more expensive to make and maintain. It could be days, which can extend to weeks, of work with no warranty of success to sort this out - porting this kernel feature from upstream patches: https://www.kernel.org/ Here is best to wait for next kernel update by Amlogic, which is usually based on updated kernel stack.

[Task]: Verify all build commands and remove deprecated https://github.com/armbian/documentation/issues/467

Armbian kernel can be used on any userspace, but we only sent kernel updates to supported ones. Buster is EOL by Debian. Can you provide: armbianmonitor -u so we know more about your image. You are probably running Buster BSP package. That is not replace with upgrade.

Check /etc/netplan/10-dhcp-all-interfaces.yaml correct: name: "e*" wrong: name: "*"

We fixed one known bug two weeks ago. If you tested older images, then this is it. It only affects minimal images. https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/6990 That is not needed on kernel 6.1 ->

No. You need more recent ZFS, which comes with supported Armbian OS, which is Bookworm. Bullseye generally works, but we don't support it anymore as upstream is also deserting it. We ship ZFS v2.2.4, soon upgrading to 2.2.5, but only on: All those headers are useless, remove them, also generic kernel 5.10 as it probably won't even boot. You need: apt install linux-headers-current-rockchip64 Fresh Bookworm image, same (sub)arch:

I think this part is safe to ignore. Wireless works, BT scans finds nothing (this perhaps needs fixing). But this hardware is too old to bother with. Its more like a reference to see if Allwinner A20 generally works. That is important part, yes. Do it always the same even not most optimal ? We don't have this info in db at the moment. Its binary - board failed completely, not responding but it should = error at CI level. There were few people saying that they will help to develop this test framework, but its only what I wrote some time ago.

.20 is good indication, but we will try to stabilise around .43 https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/main/config/sources/families/include/sunxi64_common.inc#L33 (or higher) but we need help in debugging. Currently it is more or less only @going trying to fix this but its a lot of work. https://github.com/armbian/os?tab=readme-ov-file#latest-smoke-tests-results Smoke tests shows instability on Allwinner herd, but this is all what this primitive testing tells us. There is also another attempt bumping to 6.9 https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/6941 while we should be at 6.11.y already. That would help narrowing down this problem too.

Should be fixed now. base-files are now in correct place and repo should be in sync. https://fi.mirror.armbian.de/apt/pool/bookworm-utils/b/base-files/ sudo apt-update sudo apt-upgrade should do.

I think I fixed it, but review and testing is needed. I won't have time for this anytime soon https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/7019

Noting unusual as this hardware is community maintained. If nobody maintains it, it will stop working at one point. We provide images but these builds are provided by the Armbian project as a service to the community. Some HW works, some don't. They are competing with us, but we don't compete with them. In past 10 years, since they start to use Armbian as their starting point of re-branding, there were few fixes (<5) from their side, but all were very carefully egoistic weighted even they had balls to come here and humiliate developers with demands to fix this and that for them (their users). So you can understand how they think ... For this hardware you need to be a developer as support is immature. Whatever OS you will us. Its not just cable.

Try this way:

https://docs.armbian.com/Developer-Guide_Adding-Board-Family/

I don't know if hat is a cleaner way. This is just a suggestion / idea based on a quick search. Didn't test it while @dziekon did. As I understand it, but didn't really study it deep, that DHCPing on all devices is a trouble. But there could be more (border) problems.

This should also be ok now (run sudo apt update to make sure you have latest lists). File is present: https://imola.armbian.com/apt/pool/jammy/b/base-files/

Yes. Or update, install headers and try to build this driver via DKMS. But it might be challenging ...

Try now. Related:

There are known / unknown issues with Allwinner ATM: https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/6887 Use some older image from archive, not latest builds. And freeze kernel updates until this is resolved.

https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/main/config/kernel/linux-rockchip64-current.config#L3541 It seems they got disabled here https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/6202 Size reason? Perhaps they don't compile? I have open a PR and lets see what others say about.

What about this? Should already be fixed if you make image from sources.

How long did you wait? Was 1st boot without interruptions? Is your SD card really good? Which image did you try?

But you are running kernel 6.1.y WHICH IS NOT KERNEL 6.10.y, that is mainline derived and still unfinished. It is clearly marked on the download side. Kernel 6.1.y works with Armbian perfectly and on weird HW. Mainline (6.10.y) has been in development for several years by a company and several full time engineers. Not by single person. Joushua uses identical kernel - bugs are identical too on low level. Use images with kernel 6.1.y recommended for end users. They work perfectly. It's hardware interface. Use the one that works, 6.1.y, distro jumping makes no diff. But you should know that by now and you are of course free to choose. Just remember to make a donation to support developers - we don't compete for free riders, we work together to make it best for all!

https://imola.armbian.com/apt/pool/bookworm/b/base-files/ Files / index needs to get synced but I think its ready. Try now.